News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-11-03
The BeIPs Burning Words.

The front door of magnificent resi-
dence closed with a violent SIAM. An
thony Jenlo, muttering angrily, came
down the steps. The door opened and a
little boy, brirht eyed and full of mis-
chief came up.
"Won't you bring me something 2"
the child called.
''No I WON'T" the man harshly re
piled. "You are so mean that L ought
never to give you anything"
1 didn't mean to be bad"
eyes, you did You are getting so
that there is no living in the house with
you"
"You don't love me then, do you?"
"Nobody can love you when you are
so bad"
"Won't you let me kiss you?"
''No, [ won't. Go back into the
house."
Jcnlo hurried away. He was going
to distant part of the State to be gone
several days. I ought not to have spok
en- to the little fellow that way" he
unused when he had boarded the train.
He took newspaper from his pocket,
glanced at the headlines of fearful ca
lamity and his eyes fell upon an item
headed. ga little boys sudden death. ;"
He turned the paper over, and the first
thing he saw was ga child drowned %
81 ought to have kissed him." he
unused. 'sBut I was fretted," he said,
in apology to himself. ga man that's
worried as much over business as [ am
don't know what he's saying half the
time"
The first thing he heard on stepping
off the train at the end of his journey
was the shrek of child. He shudder-
ed, and little face, dearer to him than
Even while engaged in the transaction
of his business, he constantly heard, in
the sweet but troubled accents ola child,
the words,
"You don't love me now, do you? 2"
At night he went to a theatre. A
little boy ran out ON the stage. Jenlo
went to his hotel. He tried to read.
"You don't love me, then, do you?"
He went to bed, but could not sleep.
He tossed, cold, and then feverish At
midnight the bell rang out the words:
You do not love me, then, do you?"
At last he slept. He saw several men
carrying something covered with a
black shawl, on litter. When the
men saw him they put down their bur
den and hid their facss He lifted the
black covering and saw the mangled
body of his boy. With groan he
awoke. "I must go home" he said.
will not wait until morning" He
went to the station. A train was just
starting. He would not suffer himself
to doze. 1t was evening when he
reached home As he neared his house
he heard man, in speaking to a com
panion, say that the body of the boy
had not been recovered.
'The little fellows father, they say,
is away from home"
eyes, so [ understand"
Jenlo hurried along the street. "My
Cod" he said, sis that hearse in front
of my house, No, it's carriage fur
ther down."
Everything about the house was still.
He shuddered as he opened the front
door and entered the hall. Then there
came loud yell of delight, and his boy
bounded down the stairs.
'Thank Cod" exclaimed Jenlo, catch
ing him in his arms; thank God!'
"What did you bring me?'
81 didn't bring you anything, prec-
ious, but tomorrow you may have any
thing you want. B"
GIVE had lots of fun since you've
been gone" said the boy, while his
father, in prayerful happiness, still
pressed him to his bosom. 81 got old
cat ny on the fence and throwed stones
at her, and she spit at me and said wow
ow, and Willie Babcock punched her
with stick, and she spit at him and
said WOW cut-er-row.'
The quiet sleep of a thankful heart
visited the father that night. No mid
night bell rang out burning words. A
curly head rested on his arm face
of sweet mischief in repose nestled close
to his bosom. IraCeEer.